"On the week of Sept 25, there's going to be an outline that is released which reflects the consensus of the tax-writing committees - Ways and Means and Finance - and the administration", Ryan said at a news conference.

Toomey said Tuesday evening that there has been "a tremendous amount of work" done to flesh out of the details of a tax package, which he expects to be unveiled soon.

The analysis by the Tax Policy Center, a nonpartisan think tank, found Republicans might have to expand the federal budget deficit to cut the corporate rate to Trump's proposed 15 percent or to the 23 percent level sought by leading tax policymakers from Congress and the administration.

The Wisconsin Republican says in an AP Newsmakers interview that that he wanted a more long-term increase to the debt ceiling beyond three months - hoping not to "play politics with the credit markets".

As they dined at the White House Tuesday evening on breaded veal and pie, President Donald Trump, his top economic advisers and a small, bipartisan group of USA senators had a wide-ranging discussion with a focus on tax reform that left Pennsylvania's Pat Toomey feeling hopeful.

He said any immigration solution must include border security measures, though he said a wall along the entire southern border, which Trump has repeatedly urged, doesn't make sense.

"Tax reform is one of those things that is a signature issue for us, we ran on it, we are well known for being passionate about it and we can use the procedurals so we can avoid the filibuster, so yes", Ryan said.

Manchin, Heitkamp and Donnelly are the only Democratic senators who did not sign a letter addressed to Republican leaders and Trump.

Ryan previously supported the so-called border adjustment tax to raise revenue to help pay for tax reform (the tax would have raised an estimated $1.2 trillion), and House Republicans said in the tax plan they released a year ago that they envisioned the plan being revenue neutral. "And so this is the beginning of the process". He said the plan would help spur 3 percent annual economic growth.

"We want to know what tax reform looks like. are you going to vote on it and then find out what's in it later?"

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